A Rationale of Textual Criticism Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tanselle, G. Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812214099 ISBN-13: 9780812214093 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 1992 Annotation: A philosophic grounding for textual criticism that shows how textual criticism is an integral part of the activity of reading. "No one writes more knowledgeably or brilliantly about textual criticism than Tanselle."-- |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
Dewey: 801.959 |
LCCN: 88027990 |
Lexile Measure: 1530(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 4.9" W x 7.56" L (0.24 lbs) 104 pages |
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Publisher Description: Textual criticism--the traditional term for the task of evaluating the authority of the words and punctuation of a text--is often considered an undertaking preliminary to literary criticism: many people believe that the job of textual critics is to provide reliable texts for literary critics to analyze. G. Thomas Tanselle argues, on the contrary, that the two activities cannot be separated. The textual critic, in choosing among textual variants and correcting what appear to be textual errors, inevitably exercises critical judgment and reflects a particular point of view toward the nature of literature. And the literary critic, in interpreting the meaning of a work or passage, needs to be (though rarely is) critical of the makeup of every text of it, including those produced by scholarly editors. |
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